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Getting ready to bottle some wine

I decided to get all of the wines still in barrels or glass tested for free SO2. Some of the wines are ready to bottle.

The results are summarized here…


2010 BV Syrah	30 gallon barrel	27 ppm
2010 BV Syrah	15 gallon barrel	34 ppm
2010 BV Syrah	13 gallon barrel	34 ppm
2010 Pinot	6 gallon carboy	2 ppm
2008 Riebli Valley Syrah	7 gallon carboy	42 ppm
2008 Riebli Valley Syrah	6 gallon carboy	40 ppm

All look great, except the pinot, which is near zero. As it is ready to bottle, I need to rack it into a new carboy and sulphite at the same time. The 2008 syrahs are also ready to bottle.

I also tasted all the wines. The 2008 syrah is a little light, and would be better with a bit more acidity. The 2010 is crisp and intense, with stiff tannins: maybe a blend of the ’08 and ’10 would be interesting. Something to try with some of the wine.

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One Response to “Getting ready to bottle some wine”

Mike Murphy Says:

October 5th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
I found your website searching for “Riebli Valley”. Turns out I’m about to harvest 225# of Syrah from the same grower you used in 2008. I plan to pick this Sat (10/7) and split the batch using Rockpile for 1/2 and DV41 for 1/2.

Hope your wines are coming along nicely. Nice blog, and I love that FermCalc app you linked.

Cheers,
Mike

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